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17/08/26 Erin Brooks Claims Victory at the Tahiti Pro Nineteen-year-old Erin Brooks has claimed her first victory as a Championship Tour athlete, taking out the Tahiti Pro in a dramatic Finals… Read More 05/07/26 Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang 2026 The Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang Local Trials return this July with a field that celebrates both the future and the legacy of Indonesian tube riding. Read More 01/07/26 Women’s Swimwear & Surfwear Guide A bikini that looks great on a towel will not survive your first duck dive. Anyone who has paddled out in poolside swimwear knows the feeling. Ties slip, fabric stretches the wrong way, and you spend Read More 28/06/26 Boardshorts Buying Guide Picking a pair of boardies sounds straightforward until you're standing in front of the wall at the shop, scratching your head. Do you go 19" or 20"? Does fabric matter if you're mostly doing laps at Read More 19/06/26 Wetsuit Buying Guide The right wetsuit means you're still out there for the cleanup set two hours later. The wrong one means you're already heading back to the car park. Read More 15/06/26 Wetsuit Size Chart & Fit Guide The Fit Philosophy — What Rip Curl Believes About a Wetsuit Brian Singer and Doug Warbrick - Rip Curl’s founders, didn't build… Read More 01/06/26 Champions Crowned At 2026 Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles Presented By Rip Curl Champions were crowned across nine divisions this weekend at Djarrak/Bells Beach on Wadawurrung Country at the 2026 Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles presented by Rip Curl. Now in its thirteenth ye Read More 05/05/26 The Queen of Snapper. In front of a 10,000 strong crowd, 8x World Surfing Champion, Stephanie Gilmore won the Gold Coast Pro for a record seventh time yesterday, 21 years after she skipped school to cla Read More 27/04/26 George Pittar Claims Maiden CT Win! George Pittar has gone on a giant-killing run to win the Western Australia Margaret River Pro. The underdog from Manly took out every single past world-champ currently on the men’s Read More 22/04/26 Lukas Skinner Inks New Three-Year Deal with Rip Curl The 18-year-old British young gun will continue living The Search for a further three years. Lukas Skinner officially locked in his new three-year deal while visiting Rip Curl HQ i Read More